Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. The series of symphonies in the New Schubert Edition is a milestone of modern scholarly-critical editing, lending these works a transparency lacking in earlier editions of a more romantic bent. The eight symphonies trace Schubert's artistic evolution from the First Symphony, which develops a theme from Beethoven's Eroica, to the Mozartean Fifth and the romanticism of the 'Great…

Par CURNOW JAMES. Commissioned by the Glenbard East High School Music Department of Lombard, Illinois in grateful appreciation for the 34 year teaching career of Ross Kellan and his tireless commitment to excellence in music education, where he led by example each and every day. A scintillating opener! The joyful spirit will light up your concert hall like fireworks as you set your next performanc…

Par NICHOLS RICHARD. Chris Anderson crafts a powerful lyric, full of thought-provoking imagery on the humanity of Christ's earthly life. His prose is matched with Richard Nichols' original tune which fluctuates between minor and major tonalities to reflect the mixed emotion of the text. / Date parution : 2022-07-28/ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Par TOMS GRAYDON A.. EEEEEEEK! It’s a whimsical excursion into the realm of the mechanical mice! It’s a rodent round-up! It’s a veritable vortex of vagabond voles! Are we to be vexed by vociferous vermin? Let’s find out while we have some fun!Your young band will love playing this one, as well as using their instruments in a creative but non-standard way. The effect of the little clicking critters…

Par FRANGLEN SIMON. Immerse yourself in the magical world of Avatar: The Way of Water with Leaving Home, arranged for string orchestra by Paul Murtha. Let the haunting melody and evocative harmonies transport you to the breathtaking landscapes of Pandora. Perfect for intermediate-level string ensembles (Grades 3-4), this arrangement mixes the essence of sadness at leaving home with a sense of wond…

Par PURCELL HENRY. Thomas Adès's four Purcell arrangements, Four Songs, for medium voice and piano are ideal repertoire for recitals. The collection is comprised of two of Purcell’s Tempest songs ‘Come Unto these Yellow Sands’ and ‘Full Fathom Five’, alongside the much-loved ‘An Evening Hymn’ and ‘By Beauteous Softness’. The whole collection lasts around 12 minutes. Adès described Purcell’s manne…

In the summer of 1913 Satie once more poked fun at himself and the world of music with a set of parodic piano pieces on various marine animals, giving it the grotesque title 'Embryons desséchés? (Dessicated Embryos)(BA 10811). The atmospheric cycle 'Avant-dernières Pensées? (Next-to-last Thoughts) (BA 10849) of 1915, with its underlaid words, likewise belongs to Satie's 'story pieces'. The notatio…

Dvorák's 'Slavonic Rhapsodies? op. 45 were composed in 1878 and issued by the publisher Simrock, Berlin the following year. These three independent orchestral works (in D major, G minor and A-flat major) were published with the same opus number and mark the beginning of his so-called Slavonic period.The 'Slavonic Rhapsody? op. 45/1 in D major now appears in an Urtext edition. The editor has made u…

Par OHLSEN E. / SPENCER. Drury's Accords (Anonymous); Duncomb's Galliard (Anonymous); Merry Mood (Anonymous); Fancy (John Daniel); My Lord Willoughby his welcome home (John Dowland); La vecchia pavan (John Johnson); Echo (Francis Pilkington); Plainsong (Thomas Robinson); Toy (Thomas Robinson). These duets, of varying difficulty, have been transcribed from their lute origins by Oscar Ohlsen and edi…

Weihnachtskantate. Par ZECHNER JOHANN GEORG. As the basis for his „Oratorio per il Natale“ Zechner used 4 Verses of the hymn „Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist“ by Johann Rist. He also used some verses by another author. The reason for the reworking of Rist's text was undoubtedly Zechner's idea of writing a dramatic compositon after the model of the Italian cantata, rather than a succession of v…

Sophomore Slump Or Comeback Of The Year? The song title says it all, as Fall Out Boy present their second album of literate indie-punk, transcribed here in accurate Guitar Tab.Fall Out Boy combine the brash but melodic approach of the emo/punk scene with intelligent, thought-provoking and insightful lyric invention. With tales of trials and tribulations, friendships and fame, they wear their angst…

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Exceptional singer Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) owes his early successes to the 'songs for voice and piano? genre, whose raison d'être he defines in his journal as follows: 'To highlight a poem, word for word but without uniformity - to emphasize its meaning without distorting it - to shine light upon one idea, obscure another and present it all in vocal, sung form - to produce a sharp, precise sensa…

Little Suite for Orchestra No. 1: Op 53. Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Malcolm Arnold is one Britain’s best-loved composers. In 1948 he composed a very short suite for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain - entitled simply To Youth. Seven years later he took To Youth and made some fairly major revisions, including a complete new movement, and the Little Suite for Orchestra was born. The Little Suit…

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